Founding Sales Engineer

About Basis

Basis equips accountants with a team of AI agents to take on real workflows.

We have hit product-market fit, have more demand than we can meet, and just raised $34m to scale at a speed that meets this moment.

Built in New York City. Read more about Basis here.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you will lead value-based demos that show prospects how AI agents transform the month-end close, reconciliations, audit workflows, and more.

You’ll serve as the finance expert—ready to field questions on technical accounting, compliance, and integrations—while owning security and IT questionnaires and guiding prospects through technical due diligence. You will drive technical qualification by identifying the best opportunities and running structured evaluations, partner with Account Executives on strategy for complex cycles and enterprise deals, and ensure smooth handoffs to post-sales teams through clear knowledge transfer. You’ll also stay sharp on accounting practices, industry trends, and the competitive landscape.

📍 Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience: 3+ years in accounting, finance, investment banking, or Private Equity

• Process-oriented: Break down complex problems into clear, repeatable steps

• Strong communicator: Explain technical concepts to both executives and accounting teams

• First principles reasoner: Question assumptions and apply lessons to new solution

• Company-builder: Excited to build foundations as we rapidly scale

• All-in: Ready for high velocity, high responsibility environment

• Office lover: Prefers in-person collaboration in our NYC office

What we’d love to see:

• Early stage startup experience

• Hands-on experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Bill.com, Ramp, etc.)

What Success looks like in this role

• Startup mindset: Excited about ambiguity and rapid growth

• All-in: This is not a 9-5, we have a massive opportunity ahead of us and are looking to further accelerate our velocity. We are optimizing for the best folks and happy to compensate generously